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Freedom of Information Act

Freedom of information for organisations

Your responsibilities and obligations to freedom of information

If you are a public authority you have a legal obligation to provide information through an approved publication scheme and in response to requests. Find out what you need to do under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

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We've highlighted five key questions on freedom of information.

Does the Act apply to me?

How do I answer an information request?

What should I do if an individual complains about an information request?

How should I make information available in a publication scheme?

What should I do about records management?

 

Guidance index

View a full list of our freedom of information guidance.

ICO specialist guidance

We have published our detailed knowledge base, an internal resource which gives the ICO’s position on many of the issues we deal with.

Sector guides

Where do you work? We've produced a set of sector specific guides.

FAQs

Can't find what you're looking for? Our FAQs might help. 

 

Useful items

  • Legislation

    Read the full text of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. 

  • Decision notices

    Want to find a particular decision notice? Use our dedicated search engine.

  • How can I access official information?

    Individuals have the right to access official information from public bodies

FAQs

Read all our FAQs